The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for nearly 60 years since the era of the former Japanese National Railways. The Class DD51 replaced steam locomotives as the workhorse of ...

Diesel-electric locomotive technology has advanced significantly ... It doesn't take much wheel slip for tractive effort to decrease. Steam locomotives had issues with wheel slip, as did the ...

push-pull diesel trains operated between Bournemouth and Weymouth from the end of main line steam trains in 1967 to the start of electric trains in 1988. The carriages, pulled or pushed by a Class ...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is opening earlier in 2025 for a special Winter Gala and Dark Ales Festival taking place ...